Python: Moves the specified amount of elements to the start of the list
Python List: Exercise - 263 with Solution
Write a Python program to move the specified number of elements to the start of the given list.
Use slice notation to get the two slices of the list and combine them before returning.
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
def move_start(nums, offset):
return nums[-offset:] + nums[:-offset]
print(move_start([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], 3))
print(move_start([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], -3))
print(move_start([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], 8))
print(move_start([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], -8))
print(move_start([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], 7))
print(move_start([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], -7))
Sample Output:
[6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3] [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1] [8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
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Documentation references for the modules, constants and functions used above:
- The os and os.path modules.
- The __file__ constant
- os.path.realpath(path) (returns "the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any symbolic links encountered in the path")
- os.path.dirname(path) (returns "the directory name of pathname path")
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